Core dump

Good relationships are believed to be built on trust. And the thing with trust is when people meet each other, trust is already there until one does something to break it. Sarah’s key, The Secret Life of Bees, and To kill a Mockingbird are all books of wisdom that teach more about society and life than lessons of history. The thing that connects these books is the trust that the characters have for one another and especially their trust to the strangers that they newly meet. Trusting a stranger…

Deception is the unloyal action of breaking someone’s trust. All individuals experience deception at some point in their lives. For example, a distinctly displayed action of perception occurs in the Bible. Judas, a disciple of Jesus Christ turned him in to Pontius Pilate, and Jesus faced execution. Hence, Judas’ deception towards Jesus resulted in the betrayal of Jesus. Moreover, William Shakespeare, a famous playwright, poet, and writer distinctly displays betrayal in his play The Tragedy of…

“You never look good trying to make someone else feel bad,” this quote alone speaks volumes. How can someone just lie on an innocent individual just to protect their wrongdoings and continue on with life without feeling guilty? But at the same time, this game called lying is the “new black”. Many individuals today in society and from the previous eras failed to realize that “if you just tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Mainly because when someone has told a lie they must…

Trust is an important bond that all humans should have with another, but what happens when the trust is broken? Trust is a significant theme in The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time, a novel by Mark Haddon about a boy whose father broke his trust twice. In the novel, many characters have had they trust broken or broke their trust with others. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon shows readers that trust can be easily lost. The theme of The Curious…

Essentially, the word respect describes a situation where one person thinks highly of another. Authentic respect, however, requires a mutual and deep admiration between two people or groups. For example, respect between a supportive teacher and a proactive student often occurs. Respect also demands a high esteem gained through specific instances. A celebrity who acts as a role model to their fans often gains a high level of respect for the moral actions and decisions they make. Respect also…

What does it mean to forgive? Are there any limitations or boundaries of forgiving someone? What does forgiveness mean? Forgiveness is the virtuous action of setting aside the conflict and starting a clean slate, but is it not as easy as it seems? There are evidently some who believe that forgiveness is natural to mankind and come easy to the heart, while others believe that forgiving someone is unnatural because a person gets one chance. Forgiviness takes a lot out of a person because it isn’t…

Weather it is of oneself, or of another person, respect is something that goes a long way. This would mean having a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, and that they would be treated appropriately. (“Respect.”). There are different reasons to respect somebody, as well as reasons of why people lose respect for others. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes how in different ways how respect is an important this in life, and how it affects us. “It is part of…

Jessica Santhanam Berkeley ATDP 25 January 2018 Is Revenge Ever Justified? “Forgiveness is the best revenge”-Frederick Lenz A quote thrown around in our society today, though no one ever stops to consider its meaning. In July 2011 Anders Behring confessed to massacring 76 people, most of them, children. Will anyone tell you to forgive him? Probably not. Most people would hope that the families of his victims would get the justice that they deserved. I think that justice and revenge are not as…

The main events in The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger have a big message that could relate to our world today. The main message for these three books by Lois Lowry is, “Good vs. Evil.” There are many examples of this in each of these books. In each book the main character is the good person and they must try to save their evil society from destroying itself again. Some of these destructive things are lies, selfishness, secrets, and fighting over power. This causes the main character to…

Thom Jones’s “A White Horse” is the story of a man, Ad Magic, who suffers from amnesia following epileptic episodes. He has managed to find his way to India and is completely unaware of who he is (29). This character is created by Thom Jones to portray the desire felt by most people at some point in their life to simply escape from themselves, from the realities of life, and to try and find some deeper meaning to what they have to go through and eventually find happiness. The story follows Ad…